PADSTOW

The parish of Padstow is located on the
west bank of the River Camel approximately 12 miles
northeast of Newquay and includes the stretch of coastline
from Stepper Point west to Harlyn Bay. Now a popular
tourist destination, the town of Padstow has long been
economically significant as a fishing port, lying in a
sheltered position about 2 miles inland from the open sea,
and having the largest harbour on the north coast of
Cornwall, although the presence of the Doom Bar, a dangerous
sand bar at the approach to the harbour, has made it a
notorious area for shipwrecks. The town is well known for
its "Obby ‘Oss" (Hobby Horse) festival which starts on May
Eve and may have had its origins in the Celtic festival of
Beltane.

The Online Parish Clerk (Genealogy) for Padstow is
Jennifer Maxwell, who can be contacted at
padstowopc@gmail.com.

For information about, and contact details for,
the current town
council please see
this
website.
Contact details for the church can be found by searching
here.

PARISH INFORMATION

CENSUS:

Information can be found at
COCP (Cornwall Online Census Project) which is complete for
1841 to 1891
and has been verified, FreeCen at Rootsweb, which has a very good search engine and
information from COCP, as well as GenUKI, which has more reference information and alternative resources.

The Cornwall Register by John Wallis, A.M. F.S.S., then Vicar of
Bodmin, printed 1847. If the in-built search produces no results, use the
index pages (474-476) to find your parish of interest. Tables of statistics
and other data can be found at the beginning of the book, starting at page
n9.